Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth

Economic Development

Collections in Economic Development

PRAXIS: Resources for Social and Economic Development provides access to an array of archival resources on international and comparative social development. PRAXIS has been designed for social work educators and students with international interests in addition to other educators and students who require assistance in locating resources on social and economic development.

The Development Resource Centre (NZ) provides links to development related international resources, especially in the South Pacific. The DRC is a specialist information and education centre in New Zealand providing information, training and consultancy services on development issues and practice.

The Asian Development Bank, a development finance institution consisting of 56 members, is engaged in promoting the economic and social progress of its developing member countries in the Asian and Pacific region.
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The Interamerican Development Bank provides statistics and publications related to social, economical, financial index of the Latin American and Caribbean countries. Their IDB Sustainable Development Department (SDS) web site includes the full-text of publications covering issues such as human resources and social development; environment and natural resources; and infrastructure, financial markets and private enterprise development. The web site also includes information on events, links to related sites, news bulletins, information on staff and consultants, and general information on sustainable development.

The William Davidson Institute is a non-profit, independent, research and educational institute located at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, dedicated to developing and disseminating expertise on issues affecting firms in transition economies. The website highlights their global projects, on-going research, and regional initiatives. The working paper series is a valuable tool both for those in the academic and business communities, and is available online free-of-charge.

Publications in Economic Development

The World Bank's annual World Development Report (WDR) is a guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the world. Each year the WDR provides analysis of a specific aspect of development. Past reports have considered such topics as the role of the state, transition economies, labor, infrastructure, health, the environment, and poverty.

Finance and Development is a quarterly magazine jointly published by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

RRojas Databank is
created and managed by Dr. Róbinson Rojas. This academic site promotes excellence in teaching and researching economics and development, and the advancing of understanding, learning and knowledge.

The Developing Economies is an English-language bulletin carrying articles on the economic development of Japan and the developing countries, etc.

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available.

NEP in Development is an announcement service which filters information on new releases of working papers into edited reports. These reports are generated by subject-specific editors and are circulated via email. The goal of the NEP project and the associated announcement lists is to provide subscribers with up-to-date information on new additions to the research literature.

Institutions in Technological Change

CORDIS, EU Community Research and Development Information Service, represents a central source of information for any organisation wishing to participate in the exploitation of research results, participate in EU funded science and technology programmes and/or seek partnerships. CORDIS holds key information on all EU research activities.

Publications in Technological Change

Statistical Reports on U.S. science and engineering available on-line from NSF's Division of Science Resources Studies. Nearly all reports produced by the Division are available in their entirety. Topics covered include: the education of scientists and engineers, the science and engineering workforce, research and development expenditures and performance, science and technology outputs and impacts, and public attitudes toward science and technology issues. Data are provided for the United States, often with comparisons to other countries. Some data are provided by state, and some by academic institution.

NEP is an announcement service which filters information on new releases of working papers into edited reports. These reports are generated by subject-specific editors and are circulated via email. See especially nep-evo (Evolutionary Economics) and nep-tid (Technology and Industry Dynamics). The goal of the NEP project and the associated announcement lists is to provide subscribers with up-to-date information on new additions to the research literature.

An index of Technological Change related Working Paper information is found via ideasO

Publications in Economic Growth

NEP is an announcement service which filters information on new releases of working papers into edited reports. These reports are generated by subject-specific editors and are circulated via email. The goal of the NEP project and the associated announcement lists is to provide subscribers with up-to-date information on new additions to the research literature.